David Halperin: Don’t Bet On American Jews Becoming Republicans Over Israel

October 15, 2010 — Ron Chusid

There has been speculation (mainly among conservatives) for years over the possibility of getting Jewish voters to vote Republican by taking a hard line in support of Israel. David Halperin provides some of the reasons why this will never happen and debunks the Republican claims (which few believe) of a lack of support for Israel from Barack Obama.

There are many reasons why Republicans have no chance of winning Jewish support. Perhaps the most important is that Jewish voters are not going to support a fundamentalist Christian theocratic political party.